Dave is the author of best-selling “Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day,” as well as “Social Media Marketing: The Next Generation of Business Engagement.” Dave is a frequent keynoter and leads workshops with the American Marketing Association as well as Social Media Executive Seminars, a C-level business training provider. Dave writes a social media column for ClickZ.

Dave has worked in social technology consulting and development around the world: with India’s Publicis|2020media and its clients including the Bengaluru International Airport, Intel, Dell, United Brands and Pepsico and with Austin’s GSD&M| IdeaCity and clients including Southwest Airlines, AARP, Wal-Mart, and the PGA TOUR.

Dave is currently working with three startups: Looppa, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina--developing a social platform specifically for media and entertainment companies, with Friend2Friend in Palo Alto, CA--offering a library of social applications for Facebook, and with Social Dynamx--a social media metrics and business intelligence platform based in Austin, TX.

Prior to working with web technology, Dave was a Product Manager with Progressive Insurance and a systems analyst with NASA| Jet Propulsion Labs. Dave co-founded Digital Voodoo, a technology consultancy, in 1994. Dave holds a BS in physics and mathematics from the State University of New York/ Brockport and has served on the Advisory Board for ad:tech and the Measurement and Metrics Council with WOMMA.